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Payware /pay'weir/ N. Commercial Software. Oppose Shareware Or Freeware.
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payware /pay'weir/ n.
Commercial software. Oppose
shareware or freeware.
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payware: /pay'weir/ n. Commercial software. Oppose {shareware} or {freeware}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
hareware: /sheir'weir/ n. {Freeware} (sense 1) for which the author requests some payment, usually in the accompanying documentation files or in an announcement made by the software itself.
Such payment may or may not buy additional support or functionality....
hareware /sheir'weir/ n. A kind of freeware (sense 1) for which the author requests some payme
usually in the accompanying documentation files or in an announcement made by the software itself....
Support Shareware, or pay commercial prices!
annoyware n. A type of shareware that frequently disrupts normal program operation to display requests for payment to the author in return for the ability to disable the request messages.
(Also called `nagware') The requests generally require user action to acknowledge the message before normal operation is resumed and are often tied to the most frequently used features of the software....
ware: [from `software'] suff. Commonly used to form jargon terms for classes of software.
For examples, see {careware}, {crippleware}, {crudware}, {freeware}, {fritterware}, {guiltware}, {liveware}, {meatware}, {payware}, {psychedelicware}, {shareware}, {shelfware}, {vaporware}, {wetware}....
ware suff. [from `software'] Commonly used to form jargon terms for classes of software.
For examples, see annoyware, careware, crippleware freeware, fritterware, guiltware meatware, payware, psychedelicware shelfware, vaporware, wetware....
freeware n. [common] Free software, often written by enthusiasts and distributed by users' groups, or via electronic mail, local bulletin boards, Usenet, or other electronic media.
At one time, `freeware' was a trademark of Andrew Fluegelman, the author of the well-known MS-DOS comm program PC-TALK III....
freeware: n. Free software, often written by enthusiasts and distributed by users' groups, or via electronic mail, local bulletin boards, {USENET}, or other electronic media.
At one time, `freeware' was a trademark of Andrew Fluegelman, the author of the well-known MS-DOS comm program PC-TALK III....